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Billy & Elton: The Legacy – Part of Silver City Days

The Bailey Theatre, 1501 Cedar Ave. Trail

ELTON JOHN and BILLY JOEL are two of the greatest voices, songwriters and performers of our time. Celebrate this Silver City Days with both tribute icons, on piano, up close, at The Bailey Theatre.Tickets $25.Throughout his career, Elton John has sold 100 million singles worldwide, making him one of the biggest selling music artists of […]

Andrea Superstein: OH MOTHER

The Bailey Theatre, 1501 Cedar Ave. Trail

The Jazz at the Griff series, presented by Trail & District Arts Council, brings you Andrea Superstein: OH MOTHER in The Bailey Theatre.Andrea Superstein is one of the most versatile vocalists in Canadian music today. Dubbed as "redefining jazz" by the Vancouver Province, her debut performance at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival earned her a […]

Creston Valley Blossom Festival

various locations, Creston and surrounding valley

Community festival for all ages, free events, parades, midway, entertainment, dances, street fair, cowboy race and more.

Jazz Créole: the Dime Notes

Capitol Theatre Nelson 421 Victoria Street, Nelson

Led by Don Vappie, the award-winning Creole banjoist/vocalist from New Orleans. Vappie is a living embodiment of 300 years of New Orleans music embodying all aspects of the unique melting pot of cultures that is New Orleans.

May Days

Vimy Park Kaslo

A celebration of the return of summer with three days of fun and events for all ages.

Met Opera DON GIOVANNI

The Royal Theatre 1597 Bay Ave, Trail, Canada

Tony Award–winning director Ivo van Hove makes his Met debut with a new staging of Mozart’s tragicomedy Don Giovanni. The tale of deceit and damnation is set in an abstract architectural landscape that explores the dark corners of the story and its characters. Nathalie Stutzmann makes her Met debut conducting a star-studded cast led by […]

Haute Trash! Trash Fashion Show and Competition

Capitol Theatre Nelson 421 Victoria Street, Nelson

Runway style trash fashion show featuring creative designs made from post consumer waste intermixed with trash-themed performance art.

Author Talk: Ellen Schwartz – Galena Bay Odyssey | Nakusp, BC

Notably, a Book Lover’s Emporium 454 Ward St, Nelson

Meet award-winning author Ellen Schwartz at Notably, a Book Lover’s Emporium on May 26 at 7 pm and get a signed copy of her new book, “Galena Bay Odyssey: Reflections of a Hippie Homesteader” (Heritage House, 2023).

Free

Swing dance party

Eagles Lodge 641 Baker St, Nelson

The Playmor Junction Big Band is hosting a dance! Friday, May 26, 2023. Come enjoy dancing on a horse hair sprung floor at the Eagles Lodge, 641 Baker st. Nelson. Tickets available at Otter Books. Cash bar.

$20

Book Signing: Ellen Schwartz – Galena Bay Odyssey | Nelson, BC

Otter Books 398 Baker St, Nelson

Meet award-winning author Ellen Schwartz at Otter Books and get a signed copy of her new book, “Galena Bay Odyssey: Reflections of a Hippie Homesteader” (Heritage House, 2023). In her memoir, Ellen reflects on the idealistic, tumultuous, and eye-opening time she spent as a back-to-the-land hippie homesteader in Kootenays in the 1970s. https://www.heritagehouse.ca/book/galena-bay-odyssey/

Free